In Skies of Danger

Pulp Adventures in the Zeppelin Age!

Zeppelin

At the onset of the Great War, the German Empire invested heavily in military rigid frame airships, or Zeppelins. The first generations of these craft were mammoth in size and capable of carrying huge bomb loads, however they were extremely succeptible to inclement weather and small caliber weapons fire. By the end of 1915, British Aerosquadrons had managed to even the playing field the Zeppelin, causing Count Zeppelin and other German researchers revisit their designs.